4 NOTABLE THINGS PRESIDENT SAID IN KANO
4 NOTABLE THINGS
PRESIDENT SAID IN KANO
President Buhari is currently on a
working trip to Kano. He's left us a few words to ponder on.
President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano
(Bayo Omoboriowo)
President Muhammadu Buhari is on a
two-day working visit to Kano.
The presidential jet touched down on
the Aminu Kano international airport at about 10am local time.
Buhari touches down in Kano (Kano
govt)
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, members
of the State Executive Council, Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II, traditional
rulers, politicians, among others, were on hand to receive the president in a
State where he’s manically adored.
Working visit
On the president’s itinerary in Kano
are the commissioning of an ultra-modern Specialist Hospital, Giginyu, named
after him; a Paediatric Hospital located on Zoo Road, Kano; and the underpass
bridge at Madobi/Panshekara Junction.
Fertilizer plant to be commissioned
by Buhari (Kano govt)
On his second day in Kano, Buhari
will inspect the Kano State fertilizer blending plant, Fullmark Rice Mill
Company at Kwanar Gunduwawa, and Gezawa Oil Mill, the largest oil mill in
Africa at Tokarawa Industrial Estate both on Hadeja Road.
Premium Times reports that “the
president will meet with Ulamas and hold an interactive session with community
leaders and politicians before returning to Abuja”.
Specialist Hospital in Kano will be
commissioned by president (Kano govt)
Here are four notable things Buhari
has said in Kano thus far:
1. Buhari says his administration has
done tremendous work
“I know Kano people are aware of the
tremendous job we've done on security and agriculture", the president
said.
2. President reminds crowd that he
was once arrested and jailed.
After Buhari set free 500 inmates at
the Kurmawa Central Prison in Kano, he reminded the world that he was once in
the prisoners' shoes.
Buhari arrives Kano (Kano govt)
“I was arrested and detained for
years,” the president said.
3. Buhari says youthful exuberance
dictated his actions as military president.
Buhari ran an iron-fisted junta as
military president alongside his number two man, Tunde Idiagbon, back in the
‘80s.
General Buhari as president (The
Guardian)
The administration’s War Against
Indiscipline (WAI) which whipped the recalcitrant into line, drove fear down
many spines.
“I did so with a lot of youthful
exuberance”, Buhari said of that era in the nation’s history.
4. “If elections are held today, I’ll
win”
“I am overwhelmed by the sea of
people I see,” Buhari said of the mammoth crowd that thronged the streets to
welcome him with feral chants of “Sai Buhari”.
Gov Ganduje and president Buhari
(Kano govt)
Kano handed the APC backed Muhammadu
Buhari more than a million votes in the March 2015 presidential contest. It was
a poll return that meant Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP wouldn’t retain his
crown.
Buhari at the palace of the Emir of
Kano (Kano govt)
“And by what I see today, if
elections are contested (today) I will no doubt win it”, Buhari added in
today's humid Kano temperatures.